Microcontroller vendors further encroach on SOCs

摘要

As the markets for handheld and automotive media players expand, vendors of high-end microcontrollers are smelling opportunity that in the past might have gone automatically to OEM-designed SOCs (systems on chips). A recent case in point is the Renesas SH7785, a member of the venerable SH microcontroller family that originated in the days when Hitachi (www.hitachi.com) still branded microcontrollers.